Prioritising Patient Medication Review: Hospitals Reaching Out

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age65+
SponsorUniversity of Southern Denmark

About this trial

To examine the effect of a cross-sectoral medication review intervention to admitted multi-morbid, polypharmacy patients aged 65+ at SHS in two settings; an acute admission unit (typical admission time \< 48 hours) and a medical outpatient setting (patients routinely visits for follow-up, diagnosis or treatment, but do require a bed or overnight care).

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

all hospitalized patients who are prescribed at least seven medications specified in the Electronic Patient Journal (EPJ) at admission

Disqualifiers

terminal patients or patients with a short life expectancy, patients residing in another region, patients who are discharged on the day of inclusion, and finally patients who do not speak Danish.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Clinical pharmacist

Treatment groups

800 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators